A man grapples with his identity in a dystopian England
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A house swap transforms the life of a family
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A woman brings home a Hulk
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A bounty hunter moves in on his target
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A young woman’s life changes when she joins a secret club
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A man escapes from a Buddhist retreat
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A furry contends with a journalist’s account of her furry fandom
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A girl protects her babysitter’s secret
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“You look very nice.” The compliment felt awkward coming from his mouth, like the first one he’d given her, over-rehearsed and unconfident.
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The man took a long sip of whiskey, then he told them how it all started. It happened when he was about nine or ten years old, and he was ...
The orchidometer is a medical device for measuring testicles. It’s not very sophisticated, it’s actually just a string of oval beads, graduating from small to large, and painted bright jolly ...
The boy would never know these memories. Watching his father’s face he saw the deep creases above his forehead, his narrowed eyes and his stubbled jaw, constantly chewing on something ...
Smile. Everyone would agree that a smiling person is far more approachable than a gloomy and surly one.
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After the breakup, she couldn’t stop thinking about the spinach.
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Oxford, choked in an Edwardian haze, everything still there, waiting—
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The voice of a twelve-year-old, as if it didn’t break properly all those years ago, although he’s not as old as you might be led to believe by all those ...
He had lived there with his mother and father until he was eight years old. Then his mother and father were gone.
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Sometimes, a building is so large and central that nobody sees it. A passing wonderer might look up to see if anyone’s about to jump off the roof, but mostly ...
Despite this caution, Cal thought she could feel Selina’s boyfriend watching them, his mild blue eyes glinting in a surprisingly hostile way.
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She faced left and then right before her IS chimed its approval. No need to enter a destination. It had already twigged that she was walking to work. ...